Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger has vetoed two bills that would have created a prescription drug pricing system in the state, arguing similar models in other states have failed to lower drug costs. The legislation, House Bill 483 and Senate Bill…

States are advancing legislation to restrict how pharmacy benefit managers operate. In doing so, they are targeting practices such as steering patients to PBM-owned pharmacies, spread pricing, and opaque rebate arrangements that critics say inflate drug costs while squeezing independent…

Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in Part D plans offered by vertically integrated insurers paid lower monthly premiums but higher out-of-pocket drug costs compared to enrollees in other plans, according to a May 19 analysis from the HHS Office of Inspector General. …

Drug costs, and specialty drug costs in particular, keep rising faster than inflation, testing hospitals’ capacity to continue to treat patients with chronic, rare and orphan conditions. Partnering with an experienced specialty pharmacy such as Lumicera can help health systems…

Cedarville University in Ohio has partnered with Walgreens to create a career and internship pathway for pharmacy students. Under the agreement, Walgreens will prioritize Cedarville University School of Pharmacy students for careers and internships, according to a May 19 university…

Minnesota continues to hold the top spot for pharmacist pay after cost-of-living adjustments, with mean adjusted hourly wages rising from $71.10 in 2024 to $74.74 in 2025, according to data published May 15 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. California…

For decades, pharmacy automation has been defined by what it can do mechanically — count, sort, dispense. Robots fill bins. Barcode systems flag errors. Cabinets track controlled substances. These are meaningful advances, but they represent only the beginning of what’s…

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear petitions from six major drugmakers challenging the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, leaving in place lower court rulings that upheld the program and effectively closing off the industry’s best remaining path to…

The Trump administration has expanded TrumpRx to include more than 600 generic medications — a significant scale-up from the platform’s original focus on branded drugs under most-favored-nation pricing agreements. The new generic listings will sit separately from the branded drug…

Pharmacy and clinical teams are operating in one of the most demanding environments in recent memory. Staffing shortages, accelerated by the pandemic and compounded by an aging patient population, are forcing health systems to do more with less — and…